alt Hacker News> The economy is built on grifting, at this point
I agreed until here. Obviously, lying isn't the only way to make money. I make furniture and fix windows in old houses for a living. Am I grifting?
When you stretch into hyperbole, you lose the ability to convince people in the middle.
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kjs3 • last Thursday at 6:01 PM
I get what you mean, but one could argue its a bit hyperbolic (maybe false equivalence?) to draw a line between the economic impact of small biz/single proprietor and the economy writ large.
That said...thank gawd there's still room for biz like yours.
marxisttemp • last Thursday at 5:32 PM
What percentage of the GDP is furniture making and window fixing? Yours is a noble profession, and like most noble professions is barely a blip in the grand Machiavellian scheme of capitalism
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It's not that hyperbolic. I'd say the economy isn't built on you making furniture and fixing windows in old houses for a living.
Do folks like you exist? Yes. Is the economy built on folks like you? No.